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Dec 9, 2001 | 11:33 PM

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Ground/Earthing

are they really that great? Recently in Japan many cars are starting to do Earthing additions. They add ground wires to their cars. GS has 5 standard ground wires inside the engine bay, and some people go as far as 11 on their Aristo.

They claim that adding ground wires will improve response. Anyone knows about these?

Dec 9, 2001 | 11:47 PM

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Hey Globe,

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Dec 10, 2001 | 12:19 AM

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Dec 10, 2001 | 05:05 AM

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The thing with grounding, if the wire is long, there might be a potential different between the 2 grounds. So if you want to ground your whole car right, you want to ground it to the same point to prevent potential difference. Just letting you know what i know. Plus, i think it's exactly like a circuit board, adding capacitors helps to eliminate noise.

Dec 10, 2001 | 05:17 AM

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I know it works with stereo systems...I have my capacitor double grounded one to the body and one to the frame.

Dec 10, 2001 | 10:47 AM

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this is what I found

HERE

5 of them (1, 2, 3, 10, 11) are original grounding spots, while the other 6 are added grounds. It's probably carefully planned out but I have no idea how it works.